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(No Model.)

E. TIEMANN.

MOTOR GAR FENDER.

Patented Sept. 15,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD TIEMANN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MOTOR-CAR FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,425, dated September 15, 18,91.

Application Vfiled December 22, 1890l Serial No. 375,518. (No model.)

do declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the sam e, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specication.

My invention relates to fenders for motorcars; and it consists of a woven-wire pilot constructed and carried, as hereinafter described and claimed, on the forward end of such a car andv adapted to clear the track of any obstacle without greatly damaging the latter.

The invention consists,further, in the Various parts and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figure l shows a front elevation of a car with my improved fender attached. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the fender with asection of the guard-rail and dash-board of the car on the line 3 3, Fig. l. Fig. 4t is a sectional view on the line 4 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5, Fig. 4.

The fender consists of the woven-wirescreen A, mounted on the rectangular frame a, which is carried by the pins B and B, which are rigidly secured to the frame a and project and slide, respectively, through apertures in the dash-board C and bracket D. The bracket D is fixed to the platform E of the car and projects forwardly, so that the fender inclines backwardly. Spiral springs F are interposed between the top of the frame a and the dashboard C and between the bottom of the frame a and the bracket D. The pins Band B are provided with heads b and b to prevent them from being drawn from the apertures in the dash-board and bracket.

The fender may be made in two sections, so as to corn e to a point at the centerof the track, and thus tend to throw any obstacle from the track, or, preferably, it may be oval in form, as shown. It should cover the extreme width of the track and reach as nearly to the ground as practicable.

The office of the springs F is to break the force of the impact with any obstacle that may be encountered, so that in .the event of collision with a pedestrian the latter would be thrown against the wire screen, which would yield to the weight and tend to throw the body forward away from the car, thus preventing any serious injury.

I claim- In afender for motor-cars, the combination of a frame carrying a wire screen, pins fixed to two corners of the frame and sliding in apertures in the dash-board of the car, a bracket projecting forward and downwardly from the car-platform, pins IiXed at two corners of the fraine and sliding in apertures in the bracket, a series of springs interposed between the frame and the upper part of the dash-board, and a second series of springs iuterposed between the frame and the bracket, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDIVARD TIEMANN.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. WEBER, SPENCER WARD. 

